Musings on Starters, Mains, Desserts and Second-Helpings…
Posted in Pasta, Potato, Recipe, butter, fava beans, gnocchi, herbs, mint, parmigiano reggiano, vegetables on Jun 20th, 2009
As you may be able to tell, if you are a regular reader of this blog, we love mint. We use it often in the summer because it grows like a freaking weed. Because we live in Brooklyn, we barely have any outdoor space (but are very fortunate to have any). Yet, in that small [...]
Posted in Potato, Recipe, basil, black cod, fish, mint, morels, mushroom, mushrooms, mushy peas, peas, white fish on Jun 12th, 2009
We’ve had such a cruddy spring here in NYC and it’s hard to believe the summer solstice is just a week and a half away. Luckily, it’s been chilly and wet during the work week and sunny and warm at the weekends. It doesn’t make you feel that much better, though. You can’t fully [...]
Posted in Greek, grilled, grilling, herbs, lamb, mint, parsley, yogurt on May 27th, 2008
As one of the biggest grilling weekend just passed (Memorial Day in the US), we thought, why not throw up another grillable meal? How about this “deconstructed souvlaki” we threw together recently? Ok, so souvlaki is traditionally made with pork and it’s always skewered, but if you order “ena souvlaki pita” in Greece [...]
Posted in Garlic, Lebanese, Recipe, Recipes, chick peas, cinnamon, lamb, language, mint, pine nuts, pita, pomegranate, pressure-cooker, restaurant, yogurt on Nov 12th, 2007
After my best friend, Shannon, first moved back home after our fun ’snowboard/ski bunny’ post-college years slacking off in Breckenridge, Colorado, I visited her and she took me to eat at a place with a cuisine I had never eaten before – Lebanese. We went to Lebanese Taverna in Arlington, VA, one of six locations [...]
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